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Seattle Paine Field International Airport, Washington

Medium airport in Snohomish County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Seattle Paine Field International Airport

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Everett-Marysville-Lynnwood (WA), 11 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone-1 ppb23.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide18Good19.6 ppb23.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.8 ppb23.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm21.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Seattle Paine Field International Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Seattle Paine Field International Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
PAE
ICAO
KPAE
IATA
PAE
Field elevation
606 ft
Serves
Everett
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PAE
Wind now
From 120° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
16L / 34R3,004 ft75 ftAsphalt180° / 0°3 mph head, on 16L5 mph from the left
16R / 34L9,010 ft150 ftAsphalt179° / 359°3 mph head, on 16R5 mph from the left
16L34R16R34L2,500 ftN120° 6 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Everett - Paine Field (PAE), Seattle Paine Field International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

58 F at 1 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.

Now
58F
1 AM
Highest
66F
2 PM Thursday
Lowest
49F
8 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Everett - Paine Field, temperature from 49.0 to 66.0, the latest 58.0; dew point from 42.0 to 51.4, the latest 42.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF405060703 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 42 F, the air 55% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
42F
1 AM
Humidity now
55%
Humidity, range
52 to 100%
Relative humidity at Everett - Paine Field, relative humidity from 52 to 100, the latest 55, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

6 mph from the east at 2 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 5 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
6mph
from the east
Strongest
7mph
5 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Everett - Paine Field, wind from 1 to 7, the latest 6, in miles an hour.WINDmph024683 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Everett - Paine Field, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 100, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.24 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.24inHg
2 AM
3 hours
-0.04inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.15inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Everett - Paine Field, pressure, altimeter from 30.24 to 30.41, the latest 30.24, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.2030.2530.3030.3530.4030.453 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 0.1 miles at 3 AM Thursday, under a mile for 9 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.1mi
3 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
9
Visibility at Everett - Paine Field, visibility from 0.1 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
3 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
10
Lowest cloud base at Everett - Paine Field, lowest cloud base from 100 to 100, the latest 100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft9999.5100100.51013 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Everett - Paine Field: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Seattle Paine Field International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Everett - Paine FieldPAE

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/607 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SR526 InterchangeT5526

Beside a road/3.5 mi away/463 ft/143 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Seattle WFOSEAW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.3 mi away/33 ft/573 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Mukilteo 1.1 SWA-SN-90

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/370 ft/236 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

EverettEVEW1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/52 ft/554 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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